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						<h2>About Me</h2>
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							I'm a second-year PhD student in the <a href="http://atlas.colorado.edu/">Alliance for Technology, 
							Learning, &amp; Society (ATLAS)</a> PhD program for 
							<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/atlas/newatlas/phd/fulldescription.html">Technology, Media, &amp; 
							Society</a> at the University of Colorado Boulder.  I'm a Colorado native and University of 
							Colorado alumni with Bachelors and 
							Masters degrees in <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/cs" >Computer Science</a>, and a minor in 
							<a href="http://www.tam.colorado.edu">Technology, Arts, and Media</a>.  My involvement in ATLAS has 
							spanned over many years and the interdisciplinary work I've done with the Institute has greatly 
							influenced my research.  
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							I'm also presently an <a href="http://www.gk12.org/">NSF GK12 Fellow</a> on the 
							<a href="http://ecsite.cs.colorado.edu/">ECSITE Project</a>.  I'm working in an 
							8th Grade classroom at <a href="http://trms.stvrain.k12.co.us/">Trail Ridge Middle School</a> 
							in Longmont, CO.  I use my background in Computer Science to teach the students how computation 
							can relate to their science activities.  I just finished a three-week long project toteach students 
							data visualization, human-centered computing, and research skills through 
							the use of Infographics.
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							I'm currently researching methods to teach a scaffolded 
							<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_thinking">computational thinking</a> curriculum for 
							middle school students.
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